Not exact matches
Nordstrom hired a DJ to get people in the party mood, and there were a number of different areas for guests to peruse — makeover stations, which
included a lash bar, lip bar, hair bar, and nail polish station, a photo
booth (because photo
booths are awesome), and of course, the pop - up shops
curated by Windsor (my opponent, of Her Campus) and myself.
Solo and special presentations that promise to be focal points in the fair
include: Carsten Höller (Gagosian Gallery, London), Eric Bainbridge (Workplace Gallery, Gateshead), Rosa Barba (Meyer Riegger, Berlin & Gió Marconi, Milan), Will Benedict (Overduin & Co., Los Angeles), Martin Creed (Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Berlin), Koo Jeong A (Pilar Corrias Gallery, London), Lee Kit (Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou), Goshka Macuga (Kate MacGarry, London), a pairing of work by Mark Grotjahn with Tabwa masks (Anton Kern Gallery, New York); and a
booth curated by Mark Wallinger (Hauser & Wirth, London).
Matthew Higgs will also
curate a dedicated Feature Hudson Foundation
booth showcasing another 15 artists —
including Lisa Beck, Richard Kern, Roy McMakin, Kay Rosen, Nancy Shaver and Lily van der Stokker, among others — who played a central role in Hudson's pioneering thinking.
The Feature sector with «
curated»
booths ran along the periphery, and many of them had a political flavor,
including Sanja Iveković at Valencia's espaivisor, Santiago Sierra at Berlin's KOW, and David Wojnarowicz at New York's P.P.O.W, as well as Dara Birnbaum at London's Wilkinson Gallery; this handful of works heightened the somewhat uncomfortable awareness that feminism, war, sexual politics, and everything that that comes along with them, only found traction at the fair's margins.
Strange Currencies revisits the development of experimental artistic practices in the city, recontextualizing the period by expanding the representation of artists and practices and by presenting artworks in conjunction with archival materials
including photographs, video footage, printed materials, and a listening
booth featuring artist -
curated music from the»90s.
Highlights at the fair
include its Positions sector, which allows artists to present major projects in
curated solo
booths.
A two page article by Julie Belcove - «Frieze New York pays tribute to art dealer Hudson» - looks at the unique story behind For Your Infotainment / Hudson and Feature Inc., the first ever theme section at Frieze New York, which is
curated by Matthew Higgs and
includes seven solo
booths, a dual - artist presentation and a «a non selling exhibition featuring 15 artists, among them B Wurtz, Lily van der Stokker, Kay Rosen, Lisa Beck and Nancy Shaver»:
This year, underdog galleries from cities
including Cape Town, Guatemala City, and Mexico City have triumphed with
booths that hold tightly
curated mini-exhibitions and solo shows.
Another potential candidate for the best -
curated booth, the galley, which specializes in postwar Japanese art, brought together paintings by the Japanese avant - garde Gutai group
including artists Toshio Yoshida, Kazuo Shiraga — famous for painting with his feet — and works on paper by Shiraga's wife Fujiko Shiraga.
Renowned for its focus on research and experimentation, Artissima 2015 hosts: 207 selected galleries from 31 countries, 3
curated sections,
including 20 Present Future solo shows by emerging artists, 25 Back to the Future
booths dedicated to the rediscovery of the decade» 75 --» 85, and 12 surprising live actions in the Per4m section.
It's the brightly colored and intensely detailed canvas by American artist Terry Winters that draws you into the fairly underwhelming but highly
curated booth, which
includes highlights such as a Vija Celmins painting Untitled (Large Night Sky) from 2015 and a monotype by Jasper Johns.
On Pier 94 alone there were 141 galleries, with 105
included in the main section, 15 exhibition in «Armory Focus: Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean (MENAM),»
curated by Omar Kholeif, and 21 galleries with the solo
booth section titled «Armory Presents.»
The fair, which will take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center December 3 through 6, is separated into several sectors
including Kabinett, a space for galleries to present additional
curated exhibitions alongside their regular
booth presentations.
Every year, Brussels gallery Sorry We're Closed (a postage stamp - sized white cube notorious for opening just two days a year,
including Tuesday night) offers up a specially
curated booth for Art Brussels.